Soloists team up to perform classical Brahms piece

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – The Việt Nam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) together with guest musicians American Grace Ho and Vietnamese Bùi Công Duy will be performing classical pieces at the annual Toyota Concert in Hà Nội and HCM City. The concert which begins at 8pm at the Hà Nội Opera House on August 10-11 and at the HCM Opera House on August 14, aims to bring international level music to audiences with a performance of J.Brahms’s Double Concerto by cellist Ho and violinist Duy. Cellist Ho is an active soloist and chamber musician in the US and Asia. She has achieved numerous awards including first prize at the Manhattan School of Music Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition in 2011, winner of the University of North Texas Concerto Competition in 2007, and a silver medal at the Crescendo Music Awards in 2007. She is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the Manhattan School of Music. Ho has performed in prestigious concert halls such as Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium and Zankel Hall in New York, Meyerson Symphony Centre in Dallas, Taiwan National Concert and Recital Halls, and HCM Opera House with the orchestras such as the Lewisville Lake Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Philharmonic Orchestra and University of North Texas Chamber Orchestra. She is a founding member of the Ulysses Quartet which won the grand prize and gold medal winner at the 2016 Fischoff Competition and second prize at the 9th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. Ho is also a… [Read full story]